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CROATIA, A NEW MEMBER STATE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION.
On July 1st, 2013 the European Union will experience its 7th expansion since the creation of the European Community in 1957, with the incorporation of Croatia.
As a consequence, all Community Trade Marks and European Community Designs will automatically extend to said Member State.
Therefore, the scope of protection of a Commmunity Trade Mark, Industrial Design expands to one more country, being 28 Member States which will be protected with a single registration.
DURÁN-CORRETJER APPEARS AS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PATENT AND TRADE MARK SPANISH FIRMS IN THE LIST PUBLISHED BY THE BRITISH MAGAZINE MIP
Our firm once more, appears as one of the most important firms in the field of Trade Mark and Patent prosecution in Spain, according to the British magazine Managing Intellectual Property (MIP), which is the result of an international survey that establishes a ranking of the firms on Industrial and Intellectual Property around the world.
PARTICIPATION AT THE 135th ANNUAL MEETING OF INTA IN DALLAS (USA).
Our firm will be represented at the Annual Meeting of the International Trademark Association (INTA) that takes place in Dallas (USA) from the 4th to the 8th of May 2013 by the lawyer Christian Durán.
DRAFTS FOR AMENDMENT OF THE RULES CONCERNING TRADE MARKS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION.
The European Commission has published their proposals for the amendment of the Regulation on the Community trade mark and of the Directive for harmonisation of the legislation on trade marks of member states of the European Union.
These proposals form part of the process of revision of the functioning of the trade mark system in Europe decided by the Council of the European Union. Now these proposals will have to be discussed with the interested circles and the member states of the European Union.
THE EUROPEAN UNION COURT OF JUSTICE DISMISSES THE APPEAL FILED BY SPAIN AND ITALY AGAINST THE DECISION TO AUTHORIZE AN ENHANCED COOPERATION ESTABLISHING A UNITARY PATENT.
On April 16, 2013 the Court of Justice of the European Union has decided the dismissal of the appeals filed by Spain and Italy against the decision of the Council of the European Union authorizing an enhanced cooperation in the area of the creation of a unitary patent protection in the European Union.
The decision dismisses among others, the argument that patents are subject-matter excluded from the scope of enhanced cooperation because being of the exclusive competence of the European Union. In this connection, the Court points out that patents do not constitute rules of competition, this being in contradiction with the general doctrine in this field and with what is being indicated in the decision authorising enhanced cooperation, particularly when the latter I refers to the fact that the creation of a unitary patent protection would ensure the possibility for undertakings, throughout the Union to improve their competitiveness by having the choice of seeking uniform patent protection. Obviously, patents grant exclusive rights that impact on competitors by excluding them for exploiting the subject-matter of the patent.
As it is known, Spain has filed an appeal against the Regulations on the unitary patent that will have to be decided by the European Court of Justice.
MEXICO HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THE INTERNATIONAL TRADE MARK SYSTEM
The Government of Mexico has joined the Madrid Protocol on International Trade Marks and as a result, it will now be possible to designate Mexico in new International trade mark applications that are filed as of 19th February 2013.
DURÁN-CORRETJER HAS BEEN SELECTED AS ONE OF THE SPANISH PATENT FIRMS RECOMMENDED BY IAM
Our firm has been selected as one of the leading Spanish patent attorney firms on the list of the “world’s leading patent practitioners”, by the prestigious British magazine “Intellectual Asset Management” (IAM).
DURAN-CORRETJER AT THE 16TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE ASIAN PATENT ATTORNEYS ASSOCIATION (APAA). CHIANG MAI (THAILAND), OCTOBER 27-31, 2012
The members of our firm Luis-Alfonso Durán and Luis Durán have been invited to attend as observers at the 16th General Assembly of the Asian Patent Attorneys Association (APAA) that will take place in Chiang Mai (Thailand) from October 27th to 31st, 2012.
During that meeting, important aspects of the protection and enforcement of intellectual property, on the Asian region will be discussed.
This is framed within our firm policy to be present at international forums in order to contribute with our international experience and in order to be updated on the evolution of Intellectual Property at an international level.
DURAN-CORRETJER AT THE 43rd WORLD CONGRESS OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROTECTION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (AIPPI). SEOUL (REPUBLIC OF KOREA), OCTOBER 20-23, 2012.
The members of our firm Luis-Alfonso Durán and Luis Durán will be participating at the 43rd World Congress of the AIPPI that will take place in Seoul (Republic of Korea). They will attend as congressmen as well as Spanish conference delegates at the Executive Committee of this important Association. Mr. Luis-Alfonso Durán will also participate in the Council of Presidents as a Member of Honour of the AIPPI.
During the Congress, important new topics related with the protection of intellectual property will be discussed, inter alia, the use of prosecution history in post-grant patent proceedings, infringement of trade marks by goods in transit, the protection of industrial products by registered design and copyright, patenting of stem cells, cloud computing and its impact on IP, etc.
DURAN-CORRETJER AT THE PHARMACEUTICAL TRADE MARKS GROUP (PTMG) CONFERENCE IN BARCELONA, OCTOBER 3-5, 2012
The members of our firm Ada Torras and Christian Durán will be participating in the Pharmaceutical Trade Marks Group (PTMG) Conference that will be held in Barcelona from October 3rd to 5th, 2012 under the title "Realities for Pharmaceutical Trade Marks in the Physical and Virtual World". During the Conference, our firm will organize a reception to celebrate its 110th anniversary.
